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by VICKERY ECKHOFF 89 mainstream media outlets picked up the AP's flawed Valley Meat coverage. Only one (The Christian Science Monitor) responded to public requests for correction. A series of 18 AP news stories that repeated significant factual errors for a year and a half will not be corrected, according to AP West Editor, Traci… Continue reading Too big to fact check? ‘Not our job’ says AP Editor
A Pet Examiner article reports: The State of New Mexico Environment Department on Friday set a public hearing for a water-discharge permit denied a horse slaughter plant, Valley Meat Company, in July. According to the webpage Citizens Against Equine Slaughter, the hearing will take place on Tuesday, October 22, 2013, 9:00 a.m., at the Chaves… Continue reading Valley Meat horse slaughter water discharge permit hearing set for Oct. 22
Well, no surprise here that Valley Meat is blaming anti-horse slaughter advocates for the torching of its refrigeration unit. We mentioned that just yesterday when commenting on a different post. Did not take them long, did it Barbara? There are several reports (and numerous opinions) regarding the arson attack the occurred over the weekend on… Continue reading Torching at Valley Meat delays opening of horse slaughter plant
Cross-posted from the New York Times WRITTEN BY STEPHANIE STROM Several animal rights groups filed a lawsuit on Tuesday against the Agriculture Department, seeking to prevent it from inspecting horse meat that some companies want to produce for human consumption. Separately, the department announced its approval for horse slaughtering at a plant in Iowa, the… Continue reading Groups sue over slaughter of horses in the U.S.
ABC NEWS reports: Federal officials cleared the way Friday for a return to domestic horse slaughter, granting a southeastern New Mexico company's application to convert its cattle facility into a horse processing plant. In approving Valley Meat Co.'s plans to produce horse meat, Department of Agriculture officials also indicated they would grant similar permits to… Continue reading Federal officials approve horse slaughter inspection permit
The Washington Times reports: A lawyer for a New Mexico meat plant says it is only three weeks from becoming the first in the United States since 2007 to slaughter horses. “We’re getting ready to go,” A. Blair Dunn, attorney for Valley Meat Co. in Roswell, New Mexico, told Bloomberg News Friday. The plant may… Continue reading New Mexico meat plant readies to slaughter horses in 3 weeks
Cross-posted from New York Times WRITTEN BY STEPHANIE STROM The United States Department of Agriculture is likely to approve a horse slaughtering plant in New Mexico in the next two months, which would allow equine meat suitable for human consumption to be produced in the United States for the first time since 2007. The plant,… Continue reading USDA may approve horse slaughter plant in next two months
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